Port Facility Security Officer (PFSO)
Course Content
Port Facility Security Officer (PFSO) Course
Course Duration
3 Days
Course Objectives
- Knowledge of the ISPS Code and regulations
- Roles & responsibilities of security officers in ports and on ships and offshore facilities
- Roles & responsibilities of Governments and industry participants - working relationships
- Principles of secuirty - physical, technical and manpower
- Identifying maritime & offhsore security threats and making decisions
- Training drills, exercises, intenal and external audit requirements
- Access control of ships, ports, port and offshore facilities, security zones and identification systems
- Security risk assessment principles
- Security assessments: vulnerabilities and treatments
- Security plans - structure, development, amintenance and going beyond compliance
- Maritime security levels, responding to security threats and directions
- Terrorist behaviou and methods of concealment of weapons of terrorism
- Control measures, powers of officials, incident and even reporting obligations and penalities
- Developing and maintaining a security awarenss and vigilance culture